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1 - There are options to disable artwork. You can uncheck Update artwork on the Maintain dialogue. You can also go into the Metadata Retrieval setting button and disable pulling artwork from the internet (which seems to me to take the most time) or any other source. There is also a setting on the main dialogue to update all fields or only update new items or empty fields.

2 - If you want to update a specific playlist only,right click on it and then select Maintain Playlist from the menu. The first checkbox under the playlist name is Include sub-playlists. Uncheck it and only the selected playlist.